Both of these advances are helping to build the foundation for practical quantum computing, and point to the possibility of consumer grade quantum computers in the future.
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They can create their own broadcasts with the help of consumer grade cameras, a few wireless microphones and a felt backdrop all for a fifth of the price that a firm might charge them for one month of consulting.
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Unlike consumer grade smart phones that yield low performance and high failure rates when force-fit into line of business applications, the CS40 is built on Windows Embedded Handheld technologies including the Windows Mobile 6.5 platform and is designed for mobile professionals who need versatile and reliable access and acquisition of information in real-time, at the point of work.
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Both of the leading chipmakers, AMD and Intel, recently launched the first consumer-grade 1-gig processors.
Here, cloud technology has the potential to bring a consumer-grade experience to the business.
"It's highly doubtful" the Boston bombers used consumer-grade fireworks, said Julie Heckman, executive director of the American Pyrotechnics Association, an industry trade group.
The most powerful consumer-grade models often stand taller than their operators.
Consumer-grade MLC flash memory are used in the Skyhawk by creating controller technology that can increase the effective endurance life-time of the flash memory cells.
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The rugged smart device was created for traditional auto-identification and data capture customers who want something sleeker and lighter than a typical AIDC industrial device, but need something tougher than a consumer-grade phone.
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The enterprise market remains a work in progress, partly due to the rapid transformation of a workforce becoming increasingly mobile and consumer-grade expectations for accessing applications from both employer-provided mobile devices or a Bring-Your-Own-Device approach.
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The BlackBerry PlayBook delivers professional-grade, consumer-friendly experiences that redefine the possibilities of mobile computing.
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The benefactors of the uncertainties that retail banks have about how to use and measure social media effectiveness are likely IBM, SAS, SAP and Microsoft and could provide a watershed year for a slew of nimble-footed specialist firms who are building business to consumer (B2C) enterprise grade measurement and engagement tools.
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